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  1. Write a complete bibliographic entry for the photograph you have selected. Memphis, Tennessee. September 1943.
    Esther Bubley, photographer.
    " People waiting for a bus at the Greyhound bus terminal." [All are variants of the same scene, variously captioned
  2. What is the setting of the photograph? bus station
Indoors or out?out
  • Lighting? light
  • Urban or rural? urban
  • What time of day or night?day

  1. Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details.
Are there any people?yes
  • Number? 3
  • Age(s)? 20-60
  • Clothing? suit
  • Color? african
  • Distinguishing features? colored only
  • What catches your eye first? the signs

  1. What structures are in the photograph?bus
Homes or businesses?bus station
  • In what condition? dirty
  • What is the spacing? close
  • What surrounds the structures? buses

  1. What is the tone of the photograph?dark
Heavy or light?light
  • Positive or negative?negative
  • Dark or light?light

  1. Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer.
  2. this is the area where "colored" people would wait for the bus it is less crowded than the white only waiting room probaly becuase they were poor.
  3. Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s). how did you feel about this photo? why a bus station?


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  1. Write a complete bibliographic entry for the photograph you have selected. Memphis, Tennessee. September 1943.
    Esther Bubley, photographer.
    " People waiting for a bus at the Greyhound bus terminal." [All are variants of the same scene, variously captioned
  2. What is the setting of the photograph? bus station
Indoors or out?out
  • Lighting? dark
  • Urban or rural? urban
  • What time of day or night?day

  1. Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details.
Are there any people?yes
  • Number? dozens
  • Age(s)? 4-50
  • Clothing? nice
  • Color? white
  • Distinguishing features? everyones in a hurry
  • What catches your eye first? the signs

  1. What structures are in the photograph? bus
Homes or businesses?buisness
  • In what condition?good
  • What is the spacing? crowded
  • What surrounds the structures?

  1. What is the tone of the photograph?dark
Heavy or light?heavy
  • Positive or negative?positve/negative
  • Dark or light?light

  1. Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer.
  2. this bus station is white only and it is alot nicer and more organized than the colored on because people were treated alot different back then, and the buses positions were much more convient but it was crowded
  3. Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s). which bus station do you favor? what was the rush or hurry?

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  1. Write a complete bibliographic entry for the photograph you have selected. Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland.
    May 1943.
    Arthur Siegel, photographer.
    "A drinking fountain." [Sign: "White."]
    Location: D-90666
    Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-26442-E
  2. What is the setting of the photograph? the city
Indoors or out? ouy
  • Lighting? dark
  • Urban or rural? urban
  • What time of day or night? day

  1. Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details.
Are there any people?no
  • Number? n/a
  • Age(s)? n/a
  • Clothing? n/a
  • Color?n/a
  • Distinguishing features? white people only water fountain
  • What catches your eye first? grafity

  1. What structures are in the photograph?building
Homes or businesses?neither
  • In what condition? dirty
  • What is the spacing? close
  • What surrounds the structures?city

  1. What is the tone of the photograph?dark
Heavy or light?heavy
  • Positive or negative?
  • Dark or light?dark
negative
  1. Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer.
This photo shows how people are segragated at the time and blacks and whites are treated differently. whites get treated normally and blacks are treated differently more disrespected.
  1. Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s). why did you take this photo? what do you think about this photo?